Chachi's Kitchen

Ismaili Recipes - This blog contains our family recipes; mainly it is Ismaili (Khoja) cuisine, our family lived in Uganda for 3 generations so we have a marked East African(Swahili, Lugandi) Influence in our cooking AND in our language!! (Kutchi / Cutchi / Gujarati.
In recent years with new additions to the family our cooking includes, English, Pakistani, Italian and Irish influences.

Wash the rice thoroughly and soak with salt in some cold water for 30 minutes.

Boil the broad beans for 5 minutes, cool in cold water and peel.

Place 3 cups of water with the drained rice in a pan and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, drain the rice.

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan, when hot, add a third of the drained rice, cover with half the dill and beans. Add another layer of the rice and cover with the other half of the dill and beans, finally add the remaining rice. Drizzle the remaining olive oil and the saffron on the top and cover. Reduce the heat and leave the rice to cook for 15 minutes.

Ingredients6 carrots grated6 green chilies; sliced longitudinallyDressing2 tablespoon olive oil2 limes juiced½ teaspoon turmeric¼ teaspoon chili powder1 table spoon split mustard seedsSalt to tasteMethod1.Peel and grate the carrots and place in a bowl2.Slice the chilies, remove seed if you want and add to the carrots3.Place the oil, lime juice, turmeric, chili powder, mustard seeds and salt in a small jar and mix.4.Pour over the carrots and chilies and mix.

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL RECIPES ARE THE ORIGINAL CREATION OF CHACHI'S KITCHEN. ALL PHOTOS BY CHACHI'S KITCHEN. PLEASE DO NOT POST OR PUBLISH WITHOUT CITING. CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS: CHACHISKITCHEN (AT) GMAIL (DOT) COM.